Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2013-14

This bulletin presents statistics on racist incidents recorded by Police Scotland in 2013-14.

Racist incidents reported to the police may involve one or more victims/ complainers, one or more perpetrators, and may result in one or more crimes or offences being recorded.


Table 14: Age and gender of perpetrators of racist incidents, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1

Number & Rate per 10,000 population

Gender

Age

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Rate per 10,000 population1 (2013-14)

Male

Under 16

591

694

934

791

864

913

900

762

681

439

9.4

16 to 20

643

939

911

841

939

1,016

970

765

567

583

35.2

21 to 25

341

401

465

501

561

580

586

585

469

456

24.6

26 to 35

435

489

612

564

666

659

679

735

661

732

21.9

36 to 50

384

464

592

619

626

704

682

708

618

790

14.5

Over 50

121

121

202

223

222

203

238

278

283

358

4.0

Total Male

2,515

3,108

3,716

3,539

3,878

4,075

4,055

3,833

3,279

3,358

13.0

Female

Under 16

162

286

303

228

263

254

288

258

206

135

3.0

16 to 20

112

174

223

186

206

209

177

161

137

160

10.0

21 to 25

67

78

83

100

112

115

130

143

139

100

5.4

26 to 35

158

130

145

174

162

179

192

206

202

238

6.9

36 to 50

132

158

189

191

205

214

213

229

225

249

4.3

Over 50

31

42

50

55

70

73

57

78

81

102

1.0

Total Female

662

868

993

934

1,018

1,044

1,057

1,075

990

984

3.6

Unknown gender/age

144

124

373

540

551

385

450

373

272

267

Total

3,321

4,100

5,082

5,013

5,447

5,504

5,562

5,281

4,541

4,609

8.7

1. Population estimates are as at mid-year from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) (http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates). NRS have announced discrepancies in the mid-year population estimates. See section 6.35 for more details.

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